Tesla Motors has gone from an obscure startup to one of the world's most talked-about automakers in a few short years. Digital Trends traces the company's unorthodox – and sometimes controversial – path to stardom.

An artist’s rendering of “car stacks,” where unused vehicles would be sorted and stored. (PLP Architecture) In the same week that I’ve written about several promising ideas for the future of transportation and one that’s doomed, yet another proposal has been catching headlines for its audacity. This

Chevrolet's all-electric Bolt boasts 238 miles of range, but that figure could drop drastically in just eight years' time. A snippet in the owner's manual warns the battery could lose 40 percent of its capacity over the warranty period.

Toyota will continue to develop hybrid systems while it also works on all-electric vehicle powertrains. The Japanese car company is shifting from fuel cell technology development to battery-electric zero emission vehicles.

The 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia will start at $38,990, but the price rises to $73,595 for the top Giulia Quadrifoglio performance model. The Quadrifoglio goes on sale first, arriving in showrooms this month.

The 2017 Ford Fusion features a new rotary shifter fitted with software called Return to Park. Designed to prevent rollaways, the feature automatically returns the vehicle to Park when it determines the driver will exit the car.

Porsche insiders contacted German authorities about the use of an illegal defeat device. The government has launched a formal investigation, but company executives say the Porsche lineup is fully compliant with emissions testing.

Renault has started taking orders for the Alpine A120 sports car ahead of unveiling a production model. Buyers can reserve one of the first cars to roll off the production line by making a roughly $2,100 deposit.